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Supporting a Mach2GTO
#Mach2GTO
An AP 900 is an excellent mount. I use it for my original version AP 10” Maksutov. Love it! Jim Get Outlook for iOS
An AP 900 is an excellent mount. I use it for my original version AP 10” Maksutov. Love it! Jim Get Outlook for iOS
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Olympus Mons with the Mak 10
Got it! Jim Get Outlook for iOS
Got it! Jim Get Outlook for iOS
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Olympus Mons with the Mak 10
I didn’t get the picture! Can you please resend? Jim Get Outlook for iOS
I didn’t get the picture! Can you please resend? Jim Get Outlook for iOS
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Dec motor removal
AP 1200 GOTO I’ve owned it for something like 20 years and purchased it used. Jim Get Outlook for iOS
AP 1200 GOTO I’ve owned it for something like 20 years and purchased it used. Jim Get Outlook for iOS
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Dec motor removal
Looks like it will have to wait until I come back to my farm in a couple weeks to get the motor off. The button bolt between the two regular hex bolts on the right was so tight I could not get it loos
Looks like it will have to wait until I come back to my farm in a couple weeks to get the motor off. The button bolt between the two regular hex bolts on the right was so tight I could not get it loos
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Dec drive problem
Yeow! Can’t tell you how many times I have walked into the counterweight shaft in the dark. I was knocked to the ground one time, but, my hard head saved me.😜 Jim Get Outlook for iOS
Yeow! Can’t tell you how many times I have walked into the counterweight shaft in the dark. I was knocked to the ground one time, but, my hard head saved me.😜 Jim Get Outlook for iOS
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Dec drive problem
Spoke directly with George and we tested the motor different ways. He told me to be careful as an out of balanced scope will spin when I remove everything. He is getting a work order (?) for me and I
Spoke directly with George and we tested the motor different ways. He told me to be careful as an out of balanced scope will spin when I remove everything. He is getting a work order (?) for me and I
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Dec drive problem
Subject: Dec drive problem One of my older AP 1200 go to mounts has a problem. The deck drive does not work properly. When I use the keypad to move the mount north or south there is just a jerky movem
Subject: Dec drive problem One of my older AP 1200 go to mounts has a problem. The deck drive does not work properly. When I use the keypad to move the mount north or south there is just a jerky movem
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Shailesh, I love it! Sounds like me many years ago with my first AP 155 F/7. And it worked!! Jim Get Outlook for iOS
Shailesh, I love it! Sounds like me many years ago with my first AP 155 F/7. And it worked!! Jim Get Outlook for iOS
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[ap-ug] Pillars of M16
Wow!!! Get Outlook for iOS
Wow!!! Get Outlook for iOS
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Mach1 and GTOCP4 Yellow Light
I have used a Telegizmos 365 tarp for years to protect telescopes and mounts from the elements with excellent results. They come in all sizes. Jim Get Outlook for iOS
I have used a Telegizmos 365 tarp for years to protect telescopes and mounts from the elements with excellent results. They come in all sizes. Jim Get Outlook for iOS
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Please Welcome Mike!
Welcome Mike! Great to hear the news! Jim Get Outlook for iOS
Welcome Mike! Great to hear the news! Jim Get Outlook for iOS
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End of an era?
Hey! Very interesting. Thank you! Jim Get Outlook for iOS
Hey! Very interesting. Thank you! Jim Get Outlook for iOS
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End of an era?
Yes it’s the older wooden box. Thank you very much!! Get Outlook for iOS
Yes it’s the older wooden box. Thank you very much!! Get Outlook for iOS
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End of an era?
Does anyone know an easy way to either attach wheels or a dolly that will work to move the older and heavier AP 10 inch in its case around? I think I used to be able to pick the case up with the teles
Does anyone know an easy way to either attach wheels or a dolly that will work to move the older and heavier AP 10 inch in its case around? I think I used to be able to pick the case up with the teles
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[ap-ug] To mask or not to mask, that is the question
As a physician, I have not missed a day at work since this virus stuff began. I have been there with almost nothing to do for days on end but I still have gone in. Things are getting back to normal in
As a physician, I have not missed a day at work since this virus stuff began. I have been there with almost nothing to do for days on end but I still have gone in. Things are getting back to normal in
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[ap-ug] To mask or not to mask, that is the question
I wear a mask when out in public or when dealing with patients in the Dermatopathology office down the hall. As a dermatopathologist I read skin margins for excision of cancers while the patient is in
I wear a mask when out in public or when dealing with patients in the Dermatopathology office down the hall. As a dermatopathologist I read skin margins for excision of cancers while the patient is in
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Planet Tracking and Imaging
#Mach2GTO
#APCC
Reply sent Get Outlook for iOS
Reply sent Get Outlook for iOS
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Planet Tracking and Imaging
#Mach2GTO
#APCC
You can go up to 90+ seconds on Jupiter without any recognizable blurring after stacking in Registax. There is also a derotation ability in an app that lets you go for much much longer periods of time
You can go up to 90+ seconds on Jupiter without any recognizable blurring after stacking in Registax. There is also a derotation ability in an app that lets you go for much much longer periods of time
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Planet Tracking and Imaging
#Mach2GTO
#APCC
You do not need superb polar alignment/tracking to image the Moon and Planets. Using a webcam like ZWO and their firecapture software, you just get the image on your laptop screen and as long as you c
You do not need superb polar alignment/tracking to image the Moon and Planets. Using a webcam like ZWO and their firecapture software, you just get the image on your laptop screen and as long as you c
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